Welcome to University College Dublin.

I am delighted that you have chosen UCD as your university of choice to pursue graduate education. Founded in 1854, by John Henry Newman, UCD is Ireland’s largest university.  Today, UCD is ranked within the top 1% of higher education institutions world-wide. UCD is Ireland's leader in graduate education with over 10,000 graduate students, with almost a fifth of those being graduate research students.

UCD is one of Europe’s leading research intensive universities where undergraduate education, taught masters and PhD training, research, innovation and community engagement form a dynamic continuum of activity. As Ireland’s number one university for research funding, we are at the forefront of global knowledge and research studies that have real societal impact.

Community has always been a distinguishing feature of UCD. You are now part of the UCD graduate community.  Central to our mission and vision is the building of a supportive and inclusive community of students, faculty and staff, alumni and diaspora. As you join this community, you will form lifelong friendships in class and through extra curricular activities, you will develop invaluable networks that will support you throughout your careers. We encourage you to get involved in all that UCD has to offer both academically and socially.

Students are at the core of the University. The capabilities of our graduates underpin our reputation. We actively promote university life as a journey of intellectual and personal discovery. We aim to give each of you a holistic, student-focused and research-led educational experience; to inculcate in you a lifelong desire to learn and to create, and to instil in you a sense of purpose, a capacity for critical thinking, a desire to make a difference in society and an awareness of the global community in which you will find yourselves.  As you start your journey with us embrace these attributes and take them with you into the classroom and beyond.

Professor Barbara Dooley

Dean of Graduate Studies

Fáilte go dtí an Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath

Tá ríméad orm gur roghnaigh sibh UCD thar aon áit eile chun tabhairt faoin léann iarchéime. In 1854 a bhunaigh John Henry Newman UCD agus is í an ollscoil is mó in Éirinn í. Sa lá atá inniu ann, áirítear UCD ar an aon faoin gcéad de na hinstitiúidí ardoideachais is fearr ar domhan. Is é UCD atá ar thús cadhnaíochta in Éirinn ó thaobh an oideachais iarchéime de agus tá níos mó ná 8,000 mac léinn iarchéime aige, agus beagnach aon cheathrú díobh sin ina mic léinn iarchéime taighde.

Tá UCD ar cheann de na hollscoileanna is fearr san Eoraip ó thaobh an taighde de: idir an oideachas fochéime, na céimeanna máistreachta a mhúintear agus an oiliúint PhD, an taighde, an nuálaíocht agus an rannpháirtíocht sa phobal, bíonn cúrsaí ag síorathrú anseo. Is í UCD an phríomhollscoil in Éirinn i réimse an mhaoinithe taighde agus fágann sé sin go bhfuil muid chun tosaigh san eolas domhanda agus sa léann taighde, léann a mbíonn an-tionchar go deo aige ar an tsochaí.

Bhí an pobal féin i gcroílár UCD riamh, agus tá fós. Tá sibhse anois in bhur mball de phobal iarchéime UCD. Cuid an-tábhachtach dár misean agus dár bhfís is ea pobal tacúil, ionchuimsitheach a thógail, pobal a bhfuil áit ag na mic léinn, an fhoireann teagaisc agus na baill foirne, na hiarmhic léinn agus an diaspóra ann. De réir mar a bheidh sibh ag socrú isteach sa phobal seo, déanfaidh sibh cairdis a mhairfidh ar feadh an tsaoil sa seomra ranga agus trí ghníomhaíochtaí seach-churaclaim agus forbróidh sibh líonraí luachmhara a thacóidh libh le linn bhur saoil ghairmiúil. Molaimid daoibh páirt a ghlacadh i saol UCD, i ngach rud atá ar fáil daoibh, idir ghníomhaíochtaí acadúla agus sóisialta.

Is iad na mic léinn croílár na hOllscoile. Is é cumas ár gcéimithe atá taobh thiar den cháil atá orainn. Deirimid i gcónaí gur aistear é saol na hollscoile, aistear ar a bhforbraíonn an mac léinn go hintleachtúil agus go pearsanta. Is é an cuspóir atá againn eispéireas iomlánaíoch oideachais a thabhairt don uile dhuine agaibh, eispéireas ina ndíreofar ar an mac léinn féin agus a mbeidh faoi threoir an taighde; mian fad saoil a chothú ionaibh chun bheith ag foghlaim agus ag cruthú agus an diongbháilteacht, an cumas smaoineamh go criticiúil, an fonn difríocht a dhéanamh sa tsochaí agus feasacht ar an bpobal domhanda a mbeidh sibh mar chuid de a spreagadh ionaibh. De réir mar a bheidh sibh ag tosú amach ar an aistear seo linn, glacaigí na buanna sin agus beirigí libh iad, isteach sa seomra ranga agus amach sa saol mór ina dhiaidh sin.

An tOllamh Barbara Dooley 

An Déan Staidéir Iarchéime